African Government

Government-backed Tech Funding Opportunities In South Africa

Blog

11th June 2018

Compared to a lot of African governments, South Africa isn’t doing too bad as far as government-backed funding for tech businesses is concerned.

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Join EFInA (Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access) for a Webinar about The Nigerian Fintech Landscape

people, startups

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6th June 2019

Dive deeper into the EFInA Fintech Report and learn about the Nigerian Fintech Landscape; the major stakeholders, the types of technologies fintechs use and how they enable financial inclusion.

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people, startups

Guest Author

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CSI Nigeria: Inside Lagos’ DNA and Forensic Centre

Government, Technology

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Can Nigeria’s tech community contribute to solving the country’s energy crisis?

people, startups

Olanrewaju Odunowo

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While the solution to Nigeria’s energy crisis will include fixing the inefficiencies in each segment of the value chain from generation to distribution, technology could help accelerate access to power for more people solving issues such as payments, access to consumption data and meter-tampering.

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PitchDrive II: TechCabal & Cc-Hub to Partner on Tech Tour of 5 Asian Cities

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